Quiet Exhaust System
#1
02-13-2008, 05:52 PM
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: SE Ohio - Home of the Mudrunners
Posts: 72
Quiet Exhaust System
I'm looking for a light weight/quiet slip-on to dump some, actually lots, of the weight off my KLX. Any recommendations?
Local clubs that are part of the Suzuki Dual Sport Series dB check all aftermarket exhaust systems at registration and don't hesitate to refuse entry for loud bikes. The borderline loud KTM two-strokes only get in because KTM dumps $$$ into the series and 90% of the bikes in the events are KTMs. The three events I rode last summer/fall, I had the only KLX250S.
Which begs another question. None of the KTM reps at the events can never seem to answer it. "If 90% of the bikes in the dual sport events are KTMs, why are 95% of the bikes that break down at each event also KTMs?" I guess the answer is in the question.
Local clubs that are part of the Suzuki Dual Sport Series dB check all aftermarket exhaust systems at registration and don't hesitate to refuse entry for loud bikes. The borderline loud KTM two-strokes only get in because KTM dumps $$$ into the series and 90% of the bikes in the events are KTMs. The three events I rode last summer/fall, I had the only KLX250S.
Which begs another question. None of the KTM reps at the events can never seem to answer it. "If 90% of the bikes in the dual sport events are KTMs, why are 95% of the bikes that break down at each event also KTMs?" I guess the answer is in the question.
#2
02-13-2008, 05:56 PM
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 12,584
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
good luck on finding a quiet lightweight slip on... they are all pretty loud,
thats like going to a ford dealer and seeing mechanics all working on fords... its a FORD dealer..... every manufacturer breaks down.....
thats like going to a ford dealer and seeing mechanics all working on fords... its a FORD dealer..... every manufacturer breaks down.....
#3
02-13-2008, 06:06 PM
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
Your safest bet is a FMF Q4 or a KLX300 muffler. I have a Pro Circuit 496 which is quieter than most & marketed as a quiet system but I know the KLX300 muffler is quieter &assume the Q4 would be also.
#4
02-13-2008, 06:21 PM
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
this is suppoesd to work pretty good, makes your bike loads quieter and dosent effect power to much... weight, im not to shure
edit: spellin'
edit: spellin'
#5
02-13-2008, 06:45 PM
Join Date: May 2006
Location: White Rock, BC
Posts: 881
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
This isn't a bolt on solution (I don't think it is anyway), but I'd get a Supertrapp IDS2.
Someone on here has one and he posted a video here...
Pretty quiet. I've got one on the way for my wife's Super Sherpa.
I fully expect it to be way quieter than my Muzzy full system (on my KLX).
Someone on here has one and he posted a video here...
Pretty quiet. I've got one on the way for my wife's Super Sherpa.
I fully expect it to be way quieter than my Muzzy full system (on my KLX).
#6
02-13-2008, 06:55 PM
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Land of Sun, Sand and Thorns - AZ
Posts: 1,484
#7
02-13-2008, 08:40 PM
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
your best bet would be to find a KLX300R full system, and then remove the buttplug from the muffler. It supposedly makes very good power according to Larry Roeseler and lots of other people. That would be pretty quiet and if you can find this system, alot cheaper than any slip-on.
#8
02-13-2008, 09:50 PM
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
uhh, i could swear the sparkarrestor makes it quieter... taking it out would louden it, makes it alot deeper and awesomer to[8D]
#9
02-13-2008, 10:39 PM
RE: Quiet Exhaust System
I have a fourstroke works with a quite core- much louder than stock but not as loud as some other pipes I've heard. The stock 300 system my be a way to go.
